1.3. Setting up a local LDAP Server - rukichen/GrailsGroovyLDAP GitHub Wiki

When you need to develop an Groovy/Grails application that uses LDAP it is useful to setup a local LDAP server. The Apache Directory project provides two useful products:

Apache Directory Server: a full-featured LDAP server completely in Java
Apache Directory Studio: a LDAP tooling platform based on Eclipse which includes ApacheDS

Download and Install Apache Directory Studio We have already Eclipse as GGTS,so you could also install the Apache Directory Studio Plug-ins into your existing Eclipse installation.The update site is http://directory.apache.org/studio/update/. Open the "LDAP perspective after installation is finished.

Setup and Start Apache Directory Server
You could download a standalone server and import it to ApacheDS, but the simpler version is to have a local server set up via ApacheDS. Open the LDAP Server Tab down and left the window.Click on the New Server icon.

Select the ApacheDS 2.0.0 and click on Finish

Back to the LDAP Server Tab. Click on the run icon.
By default it listens to ports 10389 and 10636 (for SSL).
The admin account is "uid=admin,ou=system" and the password is "secret".

connect to the Server
Now select the tab connection. Make aright click into the field and choose New connection. Enter the data as seen below.

Change to the authentication tab and enter the information as seen below. Click Finish to close the window.

Select the just created server and press the connect icon.

Load sample Data
You can see there is not much data inside. Before we start working with it let's add some data. Open File > New... > LDIF File . This will open den LDIF Browser with an empty file. Then copy/paste the following content into the LDIF editor, ensure that there is a empty line at the end of the content. Finally click the green Execute LDIF button and the data slips into the LDAP server.

link to file

dn: dc=example,dc=com
objectClass: domain
objectClass: top
dc: example

dn: ou=Users,dc=example,dc=com
objectClass: organizationalUnit
objectClass: top
ou: Users

dn: ou=Groups,dc=example,dc=com
objectClass: organizationalUnit
objectClass: top
ou: Groups

dn: cn=Charles Dickens,ou=Users,dc=example,dc=com
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: person
objectClass: top
cn: Charles Dickens
sn: Dickens
description: 19741108000000Z
employeeNumber: 7
givenName: Charles
telephoneNumber: 254-323-1920
telephoneNumber: 902-451-7619
uid: cdickens
userPassword:: c2VjcmV0

dn: cn=Jane Austen,ou=Users,dc=example,dc=com
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: person
objectClass: top
cn: Jane Austen
sn: Austen
description: 19650324000000Z
employeeNumber: 3
givenName: Jane
telephoneNumber: 169-637-3314
telephoneNumber: 907-547-9114
uid: jausten
userPassword:: c2VjcmV0

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